Eagles tipped to beat Port despite wet weather

The West Australian

VideoDuff and Quarters don't think West Coast will have any issues with Lycett and co. on Friday night.

West Coast coach Adam Simpson has rated Port Adelaide’s Scott Lycett and Paddy Ryder alongside the best ruck combinations in the AFL, but that won’t stop him from trying to exploit Lycett’s weaknesses.

Speaking ahead of picking his team for tomorrow night’s Good Friday clash at Optus Stadium, Simpson also declared that Lewis Jetta would return to the team after hamstring tightness.

“With Scotty and Ryder it is a pretty good combination,” Simpson said.

“It is probably up there with the best combination in the competition. We all know what Scott can do. He has had a really good start to the season and Ryder has been an elite A-grader for a number of years.

“I would say they would be pretty pleased with what Scott has done so far this year.”

But he also acknowledged that his relationship with Lycett meant he knew him well and knew the things he wasn’t good at as well as the things he was.

“I know what he does really well and I know some areas he needed to work on before he left,” he said.

“Unless they got fixed - they might have. Everyone has great strengths in this comp and everyone has weaknesses.

“We will do our best to stop the strengths and expose the weaknesses.”